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Healthy living

Focus on mental and physical health and improving wellbeing.

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Discovering vitamin D deficiency

With everyone encouraged to stay home as much as possible during the pandemic, have people been getting enough vitamin D? 

11 Aug 2020

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Over a million quit smoking during Covid-19

Over a million people in the UK have quit smoking since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

15 Jul 2020

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COPD: part three

Part three of this CPPE series looks at the pharmacological management of COPD.

10 Jul 2020

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Step by step

Summer is here so, it's the ideal time for pharmacy teams to remind customers to take steps to look after their feet.

09 Jul 2020

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Ready, set, go!

What do pharmacy teams need to know to encourage their customers to get up and get active?

11 Jun 2020

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Covid-19: Remote IP smoking service launched in Kent

A digital remote smoking cessation service involving independent prescribers has been launched in Kent.

02 Jun 2020

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Smokers at greater risk of Covid-19 says Government

Tobacco smokers "generally have an increased risk of contracting respiratory infections such as COVID-19" says the Government.

02 Jun 2020

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Menthol ban may prompt smokers to seek quit advice

Up to 450,000 smokers may be seeking support to quit for good on May 20, when a ban on menthol cigarettes comes into effect.

11 May 2020

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Making sense of supplements

It can be confusing to know which supplements are suitable for different individuals, but pharmacy teams can help.

16 Apr 2020

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Managing heart failure

This CPD module provides and overview of the current management of chronic heart failure and its medication managemant options.

17 Feb 2020

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Head in the clouds

Not everything is yet known about e-cigarettes, but it is one option people are using to try and give up smoking.

12 Feb 2020

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Smoking cessation

It's time to quit smoking. Pharmacy teams can offer customers advice and support for a healthier new year.

15 Jan 2020

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Nasal conditions

This module focuses on nasal conditions and considers their causes and symptoms, as well as tips that can ease them.

21 Jan 2019

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Treating tobacco dependance

This CPD module provides an overview of helping patients deal with tobacco dependance and the latest NICE guidelines.

15 May 2018

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Smoking cessation

This Professional Assistant: Learn and Advise module focuses on smoking cessation, including NRT therapies. 

16 Jan 2018

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Stop smoking

This CPPE module is about stop smoking services.

13 Dec 2017

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